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Friday, June 10, 2016

The Cure in Chicago (06-10-16)

June 10th, 2016UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL
Sold Out! / Doors at 6:30 PM Central
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:36 - 11:12
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Shake Dog Shake, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, All I Want, Push, Primary, Pictures of You, Like Cockatoos, The Perfect Girl, Screw, The Walk, Charlotte Sometimes, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

1st encore: The TopNote: 1st time 'The Top' has been played in the US in 32 years. Last time was Nov. 17th, 1984 in NYC.

2nd encore: Want, Never Enough, Fascination Street, Burn

3rd encore: The Exploding Boy, In Between Days, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love

Night 1 of the 2 night CoF 20th Anniversary Party! Really want to thank The Cure and The Twilight Sad for lowering their normal rates, so that I could book them for the party. Very kind of you. :) Here's hoping we get more of a Funeral Party than a dance party. :)

If you have GA floor tickets you will enter at Gate 5 on Congress, if you have reserved tickets you enter at Gate 3 on Racine & Harrison.

If you're still looking for tickets, I will be posting any last minute offers on Twitter (I'm @CraigatCoF) and here (until I head down to the show).

Traffic and Parking info from UIC:

We look forward to seeing you at the concert on June 10/11th. We just want to ensure your trip to the UIC Pavilion is an enjoyable one so please read the below and enjoy the event!

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CTA Train - take the Blue Line train to the Racine Avenue stop, which is about a half a block from the UIC Pavilion.
CTA Buses - take the 7, 8, 60, or 120 bus routes to Harrison Street and Racine Avenue.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From the West - Take I-290 East and exit at Ashland, follow Congress to the parking ramp just east of the UIC Pavilion.
From the North - Take I-94 to the Adams Street exit. Turn South on Halsted Street to Harrison Street. Turn West on Harrison and follow traffic directions to parking.
From the South and Southwest - Take I-94 to the Roosevelt and turn West on Roosevelt Road to Racine Avenue. Head north on Racine Avenue and follow traffic control personnel direction to parking.

PARKING
All parking will be forced in specific directions depending on lane in which cars are exiting.
Please follow the flow of traffic and continue to your destination after you have cleared the immediate area.

For more information, visit us at uicpavilion.com and follow us on twitter for traffic alerts on the day of the event.

Congratulations, Craig. Thanks for all those years and countless hours of keeping this up. I'm a regular (and that basically means almost daily) reader since 1999 and always enjoyed. Btw: Glad you didn't stop in 1997 upon the release of "Wrong number". :-)

I will be periscoping Saturdays show username Bobus2 this is my first show ever after being a fan since the 80's I've have been a fan of this site for at least 10 years thank you Craig fora all you great work

As you know, Craig, I am relatively newer fan, but I too check in on CoF e'ry day! You make us all feel as though we are a part of the excitement for even shows that we cannot attend. That is no easy feat! You are the best! My bucket list includes taking you our for a drink in some town where the boys are playing. Glad we can all spend the rest of this tour together here at CoF! CONGRATULATIONS! I hope Robert dedicates Chain of Flowers to you tonight!:)

Can't believe I've been visiting yourr site for the past twenty years. That's probably longer than anything I've kept up with in my life. THANK YOU Craig!Here's hoping that Chicago's shows are extra special for you. I'm excited to be able to go to both.

Congratulations, Craig! I've said it before, and will say it again - COF is by far the best fan site out there, blowing all others out of the water as far as updates and latest news. I don't recall exactly how I discovered this site (been following COF since about '99 or '00), it was right around the time Google was in its infancy, so it must have been through a Yahoo search of fan sites. It never ceases to blow my mind the level of dedication you've shown over the years. Many other sites have folded over the years, this is one of the few still standing. It truly has stood the test of time. It's easy to take for granted how easily accessible you've made setlists, clips of live shows, etc. Without COF, one would have to go through a tedious search of multiple sites to find up-to-the minute info. on the band. I agree with the above, I really hope that during one of the upcoming shows you'll be attending, the band is able to find some way to express appreciation for your efforts over the years.

I concur with all previous comments. Thank you doesn't say enough. I'll add my name to the petition to have chain of flowers played and dedicated to you. Please continue for as long as you can. This site means so much to so many. Best wishes and congrats from Ireland.

I've followed COF since its inception, when I was a 14-year-old die hard Cure fan (I think there's a fairly embarrassing review of the 1996 Portland show on the old site somewhere). Thanks so much Craig for keeping it going! Fan sites and forums come and go (and Cure activity comes and goes), but you've been a constant for the Cure community for an insane amount of time. And these days with this amazing tour, I'm checking COF just as much as I did in 1996.

I'm sooooo glad I decided to come. The best one I've seen. And Thank you Robert! It is the first time in 30 years I've finally understood what you said :)An amazing show, extra special solos, the return of a faster give me it. Extra special for CoF XX!

Right, but let's face it, 10 fantastic albums until '92, 15 great songs afterwards (of which 50% are from Bloodflowers). But yes, I prefer hearing any of those to the 1000th live rendition of “Lovesong“ or “Pictures of you“.

What can the CURE do to "TOP" the last two shows ? Still several vintage and rarities that can be pulled out of vault for 2016 ...some suggestions for live debuts UNDERNEATH THE STARSTHE PROMISE THE KISS 10:15 SATURDAY NIGHTIT USED TO BE MEPLEASE COME COMEA BOY I NEVER KNEW CHAIN OF FLOWERSPORNO....ANOTHER "New " TRACK

Excellent list, may I ad TO THE SKY, THE UPSTAIRS ROOM and LAMENT? I wonder if we're going to see LOST/THE PROMISE (or GOING NOWHERE), UNDERNEATH THE STARS/IT'S OVER or THE KISS/FIGHT as Opener/Closer-pairs?

I can't believe they played the top. I'm still in shock. And like cockatoos the exploding boy holy shit. I have to say this was up there with the two disintegration shows I saw here in 89 thanks robert

I must admit, I got my hopes up when right before they played The Exploding Boy Robert explained the next song was a b-side to a song they'd play immediately following it. They hadn't played Friday I'm In Love yet so I'm thinking, "OMG they're going to play Halo!", but no. Still fantastic, though!

An amazing fucking show. I was stunned with so many songs they played last night. I didn't think they'd do Kyoto Song, one of my favorites, and I almost cried - the first time that's ever happened to me at a concert. I was so pleased with the show, they sounded amazing, the setlist was great, and Smith was charming as ever. I can't wait for night two!!

Sorry, just realized I haven't stopped in to thank everyone for their incredibly kind and supportive comments! Ben swamped with stuff.

THANK YOU! You are as much a part of this as I am. Can't do it without all of the help and support and love you've given over the last 20 years. Truly a collaborative effort, so thank yourselves, too :)

Holy hell, though, what a show this was! Can't thank The Cure enough! Night 1 of the party was a huge success! Now let's see what tonight brings!

My personall Thank You SO Much Craig! I have been a follower since the very beginning when I was still member of the Babble mailing list. It was a great companion[ship] for the sometimes lonely days, when I was doing my PhD in Berlin. All the Best!

Craig, I don't comment on CoF much. But you've been my main source for Cure info for years! THANK YOU!As for Friday's show. Epic. Best since 1989 Dodger Stadium, for me. Although it's hard to beat Pixies and Love and Rockets for openers, The Twilight Sad sounded great. SDS, Like Cockatoos, The Top, All I Want, Jupiter Crash... I could go on. Every song moved me in the direction it was meant to. Yay Cure! Yay CoF! Yay us!